Sonny Stitt 'Blows The Blues’ 180g black vinyl LP reissue on Verve’s ‘Acoustic Sounds’ label.

Though some critics foolishly tried to label Sonny Stitt as a Charlie Parker clone, Stitt certainly kept them quiet on this 1959 date. Stitt’s originals, like the slow and powerful “Morning After Blues”, come off as fresh-sounding as executed by this quartet of Lou Levy, Mel Lewis and Leroy Vinnegar.

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Tracklisting -

Side A -

1. Blue Devil Blues

2. Home Free Blues

3. Blue Prelude

4. Frankie And Johnny

Side B -

1. Birth Of The Blues

2. A Blues Offering

3. Hymnal Blues

4. Morning After Blues